New York April 18. 1838.
My dear Mother,
                Another letter from Prudence yesterday
giving me good news of Edmund - of his having 
left the Hospital +being as his sister Eliza’s - and
of his gaining strength daily. -  And she writes that 
he talks of visiting his brother Charles - + returning 
home this week.                  I wrote Caroline 
last Saturday - + gave them an invitation to come 
to N York - before they went home, - and told them that
the Elliots wanted me to write them to come + make
their house their home while here - for they would 
be exceeding glad to have them - it would give them 
great pleasure. -   Mr. Elliot thought it worth 
a beneficial thing - for E to take a trip after he
was well enough to move about - and to come this 
way would be doing him + his family a favor - to say 
hosting of the pleasure I should derive from it - +
perhaps some one [sic] else. -     But I am afraid he will
not. -    P. thinks he will not - so she says. -
   I saw a short account of E’s care in the Christian 
Register of last week - It was this account that I allu-
ded to in the margin of the newspaper I sent you last
Saturday - which contained the results of the election
in the city during the past week. -
       I had some hopes that I should have had a 
letter from Caroline - within the few last days. -
but none has come. -       Perhaps she may write
before they leave B - tho’ Prudence says that she 
told C. that _she_ should do it as fast as she heard from from
C.            Although I feel that E is out of danger
+ is fast on the recovery - yet I want to _know_ it, from
himself. -  So I hope to have later news from him
soon - thou’ C + P. -
        Prudence adds that you will return to Concord


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soon after E gets to Scituate, - but I think it likely
you will receive this before you leave. -    I dare
say you and the young folks have had a fine
time together - you always used to. -     They no
doubt laid themselves out to please you: - no very
difficult task. -    P. gave me some extracts
from Quincy’s letters - about the death + burial 
of the rooster -  I should have been very
much please to have recd. a letter from [-]
myself - Perhaps he will write me. - From
Ellen too -  I am aware she has but little time 
however for such things - and is obliged to [---]
up a correspondence with her cousin Mary + 
Miss ~~somebody~~ Goddard in Roxbury. - I suppose she
or some one else has informed Mary or her father, 
of E’ going to the Hospital - + good result. 
I dreamt last night that I saw Henry Edmund.
      I wish it would “come true” soon. 
I hope Edmund will not think of returning to his 
labours too early - as it may prove injurious to him
now that he has rid himself of that which 
has borne him down so long. - he surely ought 
to be very careful for some time of his health, which
will probably be delicate for a while. - 
    I wrote Dennis to day - P. mentioned to 
me that she wished me to - and so I did - It 
is a good while since I wrote him - longer still since 
he had written to me. -  I hope every thing is 
going on well with the good fellow + his family -
+ dare say it is -  There are no great convulsions 
in this region - but every thing moves along slowly
+ surely - A better way - for their real comfort. -
I trust I shall hear from before long. -  I gave him


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all the latest intelligence I had from Caroline + her
husband. -  She and P. had both written to him
since E’s sickness -  He will rejoice with the rest 
of us - at E’s recovery. -
   I noticed to day the death of Miss Mehitable
Pri[---] sister of our friend in [-----] Canada - aged
84 years. -  Did you ever know her? -  I have been
thinking you said there was a sister of his residing in
Vermont -  This is probably the same - unless he had 
more than one. - 
      Rev. Mr. Emerson brought a better to me from P - and
by him I wrote to her + sent the Indian hatchet. - In
her last she acknowledges the receipt of them - I says that
John T. has sent home a large quantity of Indian relics.
I expect that sister P. will will get deep in this subject
before long. -  She gave a piece of her mind about
the unfortunate Cherokees - The ideas I think are 
perfectly right about them - I only wish that those
who make our laws, could be made to feel as she does.
  I sympathize with Ed, Geo. +  Ellen in the loss of [loss]
rooster- but Ed. seems to have made up for his [loss]
at the event in the pleasure of attending to his [loss]
obsequies. -  The loss of Rolla - I look upon as a 
really severe loss - in every way. -
  The first of May is near upon us - + this time I
believe there will be some changes in our house - for
Mr. + Mrs. Mitchell have determined to move - after 
threatening to every year for the last half a dozen
Susan joins with me in kindest love to Ellen +
the boys - and to you my dearest mother. -
                Ever your affectionate son
                                        George. -


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[addressed to:]


Miss Prudence Ward
Care of Revd. E.Q. Sewall,
                Scituate,
                Massa.


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